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based on current law which showed much smaller deficits. long-term rates are higher in than we had in this country and that also reflects the higher amount of debt, federal debt relative to g.d.p. than we have had over the past several decades. >> "washington post.? -- "washington post." thinking about how we should view the budget battles over the last two years. we are stabilizing debt at a much higher level. to what extent is that a result of decisions that were made by lawmakers and to what extent that is the underlying recovery in the economy? >> both factors and we have not tried to quantify them. one can look at our projections over the past several years and basically add up each successive revision, so every time we release new budget projections, we report the revisions and we divide them into the effects of economic forecasts and changes to other technical revisions. if one stacked all those up, one can get a sense about how much the debt has changed or the deficit has changed for any given year relative to any particular path pr
based on current law which showed much smaller deficits. long-term rates are higher in than we had in this country and that also reflects the higher amount of debt, federal debt relative to g.d.p. than we have had over the past several decades. >> "washington post.? -- "washington post." thinking about how we should view the budget battles over the last two years. we are stabilizing debt at a much higher level. to what extent is that a result of decisions that were made by...
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a blueprint would miss the deadline because the debate in washington over taxes, spending, and the deficit. it was supposed to be delivered to lawmakers yesterday. if you are worried about food safety the agriculture secretary tom vilsack says we need to cut back on a number of inspections on meatpacking plants unless congress can avoid the across-the-board spending cuts that take effect in march. he says the agriculture department is studying how to handlewhich could also impact nutritional programs and food safety research. we know we are in a housing recovery, but the d.c. market is on fire. i will have more on that in the next hour. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. we will see you shortly. 4:38 34 degrees at this hour. >> still ahead, a frantic scene in the heart of baltimore. a huge warehouse fire >> welcome back. 4:41 right now. beautiful. the washington monument. 34 degrees this morning. >> we are above the freezing mark. >> that's where we should be this time of year? >> we are working on it. we will been wa
a blueprint would miss the deadline because the debate in washington over taxes, spending, and the deficit. it was supposed to be delivered to lawmakers yesterday. if you are worried about food safety the agriculture secretary tom vilsack says we need to cut back on a number of inspections on meatpacking plants unless congress can avoid the across-the-board spending cuts that take effect in march. he says the agriculture department is studying how to handlewhich could also impact nutritional...
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what's happened to the deficit? the annual deficit? 2008 deficit was $458 billion. too much money, yes, but deficit in 2013, $1.3 # trillion. what's the problem? ladies and gentlemen, i suggest to you that we have a spending debt crisis, not a revenue debt crisis. you got to make the right diagnosis. to put it in a little greater context. we spend $3.6 trillion as a nation as a whole each year, $3.6 trillion, about $2.5 trillion of that is medicare, medicaid, social security, and interest on the debt, those four things. the entire federal government, the rest of the entire federal government, everything, everything, post office, roads, transportation, justice, education, energy, defense, everything else is about a trillion dollars. you all just heard what the deficit was last year, $1.3 trillion, meaning that you could do away with the entire federal government with the exception of medicare, medicaid, social security, and we wouldn't even balance the budget. that's the magnitude of the challenge that we have. it's incumbent upon us to come up with solutions, positi
what's happened to the deficit? the annual deficit? 2008 deficit was $458 billion. too much money, yes, but deficit in 2013, $1.3 # trillion. what's the problem? ladies and gentlemen, i suggest to you that we have a spending debt crisis, not a revenue debt crisis. you got to make the right diagnosis. to put it in a little greater context. we spend $3.6 trillion as a nation as a whole each year, $3.6 trillion, about $2.5 trillion of that is medicare, medicaid, social security, and interest on...
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it doesn't meet the entire deficit, if you will. they're losing $16 billion a year, and this is important. you've got to understand why they're losing it. the biggest reason they're losing so much money is because they, unlike any other government entity, they are forced to pay in advance for the retirement medical benefits of their retirees even before they retire. so as a result, that huge chunk of cash that they have to set aside is costing them a fortune and it is a huge drag on the postal service. second to that, yes, all of us are using e-mail and paying our bills online. and therefore first class mail has dropped off a cliff. however, package delivery has increased dramatically because you and i are shopping online and all of those packages are sent to our homes. so that's been up 14% over two years. so in the view of many, this is the postal service trying to force the hand of congress. congress has had this on their agenda for years and has failed to act, even though the postal service year after year after year comes out a
it doesn't meet the entire deficit, if you will. they're losing $16 billion a year, and this is important. you've got to understand why they're losing it. the biggest reason they're losing so much money is because they, unlike any other government entity, they are forced to pay in advance for the retirement medical benefits of their retirees even before they retire. so as a result, that huge chunk of cash that they have to set aside is costing them a fortune and it is a huge drag on the postal...
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[applause] not only did we eliminate the deficit, we created a surplus. this wasn't a republican accomplishment or a democratic accomplishment. it was an accomplishment we achieved together. the next year we used those surplus tax dollars wisely. we put some in our state savings account, increasing our reserve levels. we used some to increase funding for education, targeting reading and early childhood initiatives. we used a portion of the surplus to cut taxes, to create more jobs by curbing the double and triple taxation in construction and in manufacturing. and we provided a tax credit to help small businesses hire those who deserve jobs the most. our veterans returning from afghanistan and iraq. [applause] we have seen some encouraging signs in our economy. tourism is on the rise. with more growth in visitors to new mexico than was expected in arizona or colorado. we are building our state's strongest-ever relationship with new mexico border governors focusing on developing a border region near santa teresa creating jobs. major companies are once again
[applause] not only did we eliminate the deficit, we created a surplus. this wasn't a republican accomplishment or a democratic accomplishment. it was an accomplishment we achieved together. the next year we used those surplus tax dollars wisely. we put some in our state savings account, increasing our reserve levels. we used some to increase funding for education, targeting reading and early childhood initiatives. we used a portion of the surplus to cut taxes, to create more jobs by curbing...
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our deficit is over 9 inches. will we make up for that later this week? we will see what happens. there's still uncertainty for the new system expected on wednesday. we expect to see what the weather today. drying out by the afternoon. clearing expected overnight. the next system comes from the south. it could be a wintry mix before valentine's day. some morning rain today in miles, between 52 and 58. increasing clouds tonight, 32 to 30 eight. 50 cent partly cloudy on tuesday. wednesday, it's questionable. maybe a wintry mix. sunshine by the end of the week, 48 degrees on friday. that's the latest on the forecast. jamee, what do you have? >> a quiet start to the early morning commute. no major problems. seeing a lot of rain and road spray. don't be afraid. take it with confidence. 395 passing landmark towards the 14th street bridge, good. around the beltway through tysons annandale alexandria, good. greenway and the toll road, no problems to the beltway. in maryland, the rain is coming down a little harder in parts of the area. back to you. >> experts say there's a cyber security
our deficit is over 9 inches. will we make up for that later this week? we will see what happens. there's still uncertainty for the new system expected on wednesday. we expect to see what the weather today. drying out by the afternoon. clearing expected overnight. the next system comes from the south. it could be a wintry mix before valentine's day. some morning rain today in miles, between 52 and 58. increasing clouds tonight, 32 to 30 eight. 50 cent partly cloudy on tuesday. wednesday, it's...
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he has absolutely no suggestions for how to get on top of welfare, get our deficit down, get our economy moving, or do anything else. >> today we discover he has not even got a clue about his own policy. his answers remind us of what his party and country are saying about him. the only people he listens to are a small group of rich and powerful people at the top. that is why he has come up with a policy that is unworkable and unfair. he is a prime minister who is weak, incompetent, and totally out of touch. >> that is pathetic scripted rubbish that we get used to every wednesday. on the issue of who listens to hill, i have a very clear idea of who he listens to, because we heard it in a the lse lecture by len mccluskey, who said this -- "i met ed miliband and he asked me this question -- if you had three wishes, three things you would like us to do if we got back into power , what would you like them to be? his answer -- trade union freedom, trade union freedom, trade union freedom. that is who he wants to be the fairy godmother to. >> at the time of the strategic defense and security re
he has absolutely no suggestions for how to get on top of welfare, get our deficit down, get our economy moving, or do anything else. >> today we discover he has not even got a clue about his own policy. his answers remind us of what his party and country are saying about him. the only people he listens to are a small group of rich and powerful people at the top. that is why he has come up with a policy that is unworkable and unfair. he is a prime minister who is weak, incompetent, and...
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so what's happened to the deficit, the annual deficit? 2008 deficit was $458 billion. too much money. yes. but $458 billion. deficit in 2013, 2012, $1.3 trillion. so what's the problem? ladies and gentlemen, i would suggest to you we have a spending debt crisis, not a revenue debt crisis. and you've got to make the right diagnosis. to put it in a little greater context. we spend about $3.6 trillion as a nation, as a whole each year, $3.6 trillion, about $2.5 trillion, $2.6 trillion is medicare, medicaid, social security and interest on the debt. those four things. the entire federal government, the rest of the entire federal government, everything, everything, post office, roads, transportation, justice, education, energy, defense, everything else is about $1 trillion. you all just heard what the deficit was last year. $1.3 trillion. which means we can do away with the entire federal government with the exception of medicare, medicaid and social security and we wouldn't even balance the budget. that's the magnitude of the challenge that we have. so it's incumbent upon
so what's happened to the deficit, the annual deficit? 2008 deficit was $458 billion. too much money. yes. but $458 billion. deficit in 2013, 2012, $1.3 trillion. so what's the problem? ladies and gentlemen, i would suggest to you we have a spending debt crisis, not a revenue debt crisis. and you've got to make the right diagnosis. to put it in a little greater context. we spend about $3.6 trillion as a nation, as a whole each year, $3.6 trillion, about $2.5 trillion, $2.6 trillion is medicare,...
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they're asking us to stop running deficits. they want us to learn these bad habits all over again. . 960 billion commitments and the same amount of payments. any director of a country with tell you that is economic suicide. you should not hide behind david cameron. you are faced with a choice between two opposing camps. he had made it clear what -- you have not made it clear what choice you will make. make the right choice. do not make the cameron option he wants to unravel the european union. you need to come out and say this to your fellow citizens. >> i want to thank you of for having got the budget treaty ratified in parliament. that is a good sign for europe. i looked long and hard. i do not see what happened to your euro growth pact. where have those gone? we are here to talk tand to negotiate. there are points who will not give ground on. there's the question of flexibility. we need a genuine flexibility between budgetary lines and years. that is how we have managed to run the budget properly in the context of austerity
they're asking us to stop running deficits. they want us to learn these bad habits all over again. . 960 billion commitments and the same amount of payments. any director of a country with tell you that is economic suicide. you should not hide behind david cameron. you are faced with a choice between two opposing camps. he had made it clear what -- you have not made it clear what choice you will make. make the right choice. do not make the cameron option he wants to unravel the european union....
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the united states report it a total trade deficit of just about $728 billion. that's a trillion dollars wing. -kendis is without any question. a trillion dollars wing. china also posted an over 8% increase in its gdp in the latest quarter compared to our stunning decline. it's unimaginable the thing that that growth rate feels light -- china's latest unemployment rate , unemployment, unemployment rate of 4%. and china's government debt, yes, they have a debt. ours is a 16 and a half trillion dollars in debt. but you know what, i can't believe that the chinese feel a little bit better about tears because are going to add another trillion dollars hours. meanwhile, the united states those china almost 2 trillion. there is no counterweight. it's a little problem for us to know what is after all the communist nation almost $2 trillion we are big shot capitalists. what is wrong? we are going to be talking about that very issue throughout the week, looking at how the united states model comparison europe's model. is the communist model any more sustainable? if no one
the united states report it a total trade deficit of just about $728 billion. that's a trillion dollars wing. -kendis is without any question. a trillion dollars wing. china also posted an over 8% increase in its gdp in the latest quarter compared to our stunning decline. it's unimaginable the thing that that growth rate feels light -- china's latest unemployment rate , unemployment, unemployment rate of 4%. and china's government debt, yes, they have a debt. ours is a 16 and a half trillion...
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. >>> japan recorded a current account deficit for the second straight month. the first time the country has been in the red for several months in a row since officials started keeping track the way they do now. finance ministry officials say the current account deficit for december, $2.8 billion. the trade balance registered a deficit of $6 billion. exports fell 6.9%. imports up .8%. in yen terms over the previous year. the current account surplus for 2012 is the smallest based on comparable data based on 1985. surplus fell 50.8% to $50.2 billion. >>> china's total amount of trade soared 27% from january year earlier. but trade with japan posted much smaller growth. china's customs data shows exports totalled more than 180 billion. up 25%. the country imported 160 billion, showing an increase of 29%. the total amount of trade surged 27%. the jump is attributed mainly to dent in the same month last year. the lunar new year holidays fell in january 2012. >>> trade with japan grew slightly more than 10%. china's trade with asean climbed 43%. the data showed that
. >>> japan recorded a current account deficit for the second straight month. the first time the country has been in the red for several months in a row since officials started keeping track the way they do now. finance ministry officials say the current account deficit for december, $2.8 billion. the trade balance registered a deficit of $6 billion. exports fell 6.9%. imports up .8%. in yen terms over the previous year. the current account surplus for 2012 is the smallest based on...
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that is 4% of the deficit. we will endanger the national defenses and short change the service men and women overseas for the sake of cutting 4% from the deficit? it is totally irresponsible. >> bill is right that you captain have massive tax reform in just 60 days. it took ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradley a bipartisan bill in 1986, 20 montes to do it. there is things like nascar track owners and wind energy producer and port rehe can rum manufacturers that would more than offset the defense cuts that would be devastating. >> bill wants the president to bail out republicans who made the sequestration deal. >> i want the president to bail out the military. >> but he wants to. >> he is commander in chief. maybe you are not aware of that. >> he is saying let's have a temporary deal to avoid sequestration and republicans are saying no, we have got to protect the rich oil companies and gas companies and we can't do it. >> chris: i will call a little bit of a change here and congressman cotton i want to
that is 4% of the deficit. we will endanger the national defenses and short change the service men and women overseas for the sake of cutting 4% from the deficit? it is totally irresponsible. >> bill is right that you captain have massive tax reform in just 60 days. it took ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradley a bipartisan bill in 1986, 20 montes to do it. there is things like nascar track owners and wind energy producer and port rehe can rum manufacturers that would more than...
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the great deficit in this country is the investment deficit, the investment in people and infrastructure. there were attempts to revive it. it was a super committee proposal. i think it is a good thing the super committee failed to reach an agreement. we will see where that goes. it was not a fair deal. there was so little revenue and so much padding. -- so much cutting. someone was writing the other day that the anti-tax mania is at an all-time low. reagan was willing to raise taxes. it shows how extreme. someone said the of the grover norquist may be the most powerful person in america. the new pledge he has held canada is to. he has held candidates -- the new pledge he has held the new candidates to is keeping millions -- it has a role to play in a country rich in the land grant colleges, highways, bridges. i understand the bridge out here is about to be built. i am all for infrastructure. >> obama in a way has to be the luckiest politician. if you look at the republican lineup -- [laughter] it is like michael dukakis in an oversized tank hat. >> the idea that newt gingrich is now at
the great deficit in this country is the investment deficit, the investment in people and infrastructure. there were attempts to revive it. it was a super committee proposal. i think it is a good thing the super committee failed to reach an agreement. we will see where that goes. it was not a fair deal. there was so little revenue and so much padding. -- so much cutting. someone was writing the other day that the anti-tax mania is at an all-time low. reagan was willing to raise taxes. it shows...
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. >> we got that cbo report this past week, 7 trillion dollar in additional deficit and factor in what that 600 billion dollars in tax hikes that the democrats did already push through and how does that balance things? but the point about baltimore is interesting because that's where this nation could possibly be headed. you continue to raise taxes and you don't cut spending and you wind up on the brink of bankruptcy, exactly where that city is. >> you know, ben, you say we're all eventually going to have to pay higher taxes, but as the only item in your play book how to fix your economy it doesn't seem like it's ever going to work. >> i keep thinking if taxes are so terrible, why don't we just have no taxes at all. why don't we pay for-- >> 100% taxes. >> why don't we have no taxes at all and why don't you not interrupt me for once? >> i can't help it. >> why don't we have no taxes at all and why don't we have some some balance in the budget. and for gosh sakes, we're grownup disciplined people and we're supposed to balance the budget not supposed to be like small children. >> okay, c
. >> we got that cbo report this past week, 7 trillion dollar in additional deficit and factor in what that 600 billion dollars in tax hikes that the democrats did already push through and how does that balance things? but the point about baltimore is interesting because that's where this nation could possibly be headed. you continue to raise taxes and you don't cut spending and you wind up on the brink of bankruptcy, exactly where that city is. >> you know, ben, you say we're all...
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like the national institutes of health where you are hindering growth, you are not going to reduce the deficit. so what we do need is more revenue and more cuts. >> reporter: for senator john mccain, defense cuts are the most damaging. >> the world is very dangerous. i'm sorry, i'm a little emotional about this but the men and women serving in the military deserve better. the consequences are severe. it requires a bipartisanship. would i look at some revenue closers? maybe so, but we've already just raised taxes. why do we have to raise taxes again? >> reporter: national security also an issue. after last week's senate confirmation hearings for two key cabinet members. senator lindsay graham sear reed in again on the attack in benghazi, libya, angry after hearing president obama may not have followed up with his defense team after learning about the attacks. >> the american people need to know what their commander in chief, did if anything, during the attack. i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the cia director shirntion hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until t
like the national institutes of health where you are hindering growth, you are not going to reduce the deficit. so what we do need is more revenue and more cuts. >> reporter: for senator john mccain, defense cuts are the most damaging. >> the world is very dangerous. i'm sorry, i'm a little emotional about this but the men and women serving in the military deserve better. the consequences are severe. it requires a bipartisanship. would i look at some revenue closers? maybe so, but...
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so you're seeing a decline in the amount of deficit. the question is are the republicans really crying wolf when they continue to talk about blowing deficits when, in fact the measures that the president and congress have taken so far have actually caused the deficit to decrease. >> well, exactly. especially the last plan where we did have a balanced approach for once. but what speaker boehner has said is that the president got his revenue, and so there is not going to be a balanced approach any more. you know, when paul ryan put his budget forward last year it wouldn't have reached balance for 20 or 30 years. so as you're talking about a balanced budget in ten years the only way from their perspective to do that is absolute draconian cuts. when they're talking about reforms, you and i are very well aware that is just code word for taking medicare and turning it into a voucher. taking medicaid and turning it into a block grant which is another way of saying a significant cut to these programs that i believe are part of what makes us a g
so you're seeing a decline in the amount of deficit. the question is are the republicans really crying wolf when they continue to talk about blowing deficits when, in fact the measures that the president and congress have taken so far have actually caused the deficit to decrease. >> well, exactly. especially the last plan where we did have a balanced approach for once. but what speaker boehner has said is that the president got his revenue, and so there is not going to be a balanced...
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>> the money supposedly is going to reduce the deficit. but the problem is, the sequestration is indiscriminate. if you let leon panetta do those cuss and figure out where they should come from and did it with a scalpel that would be fine. but i think the defense department can handle this. the president is not going to come up with cuts and programs that he wants if the republicans don't say what they want. whether they want it to be the virgin birth of spending cuts. >> ryan, you and i know that the 95 billion goes back in the private sector. what happens to it then? then it becomes much more lucrative than 85 billion because it's reinvested. where? in private enterprise, correct? >> it doesn't necessarily go back into the private sector. it van issues. >> how does that happen? >> they don't borrow. >> it's not being borrowed. >> but if it's still -- if it's no longer borrowed, and in the private sector where it is functioning under the rules of -- >> sitting in the banks. >> and the program matt sound capitalism. issue three. gop soul s
>> the money supposedly is going to reduce the deficit. but the problem is, the sequestration is indiscriminate. if you let leon panetta do those cuss and figure out where they should come from and did it with a scalpel that would be fine. but i think the defense department can handle this. the president is not going to come up with cuts and programs that he wants if the republicans don't say what they want. whether they want it to be the virgin birth of spending cuts. >> ryan, you...
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which is less than the projected deficit for the year. i mean, the bottom line, congresswoman, is, you cannot raise taxes enough to solve the deficit problem. >> nobody is saying that. we are saying it has to be balanced. now on the subject of the high end we are not talking about raising rates. we did that. reeliminated the high end tax cuts of the bush years which only increased the deficit, and didn't create jobs. we kept the low income tax cuts and the -- what we have in our proposal, that comes from our top democrat on the budget committee is to say we'll eliminate subsidy and it gives us a lot of money, eliminating the subsidy for big oil. we also have the buffett rule which says all of the high income people will pay a minimum of -- -- >> raising tax on the wealthy. >> no, you are saying they should pay their fair share, which is 30%, which is lower than 39.6, which is the rate -- the bracket they are in. >> chris: but you say, if they have a deduction... >> take advantage of so many loopholes. >> chris: deductions on the books. th
which is less than the projected deficit for the year. i mean, the bottom line, congresswoman, is, you cannot raise taxes enough to solve the deficit problem. >> nobody is saying that. we are saying it has to be balanced. now on the subject of the high end we are not talking about raising rates. we did that. reeliminated the high end tax cuts of the bush years which only increased the deficit, and didn't create jobs. we kept the low income tax cuts and the -- what we have in our proposal,...
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what would you call a deficit hawks or austerity pushers or whatever no i don't think they're unique but they're the most visible they have what they call a sovereign unit that looks at the credit ratings of governments and the head of that unit has been acting like a stopper in for quite some time issuing dictates the u.s. government and other governments about how the people should manage their own budgets so i think they've been very visible in this regard i mean i think that but the other thing to remember and particularly with the payback theory is you know i'm one of the few people who did the analysis on this but when they downgraded the u.s. back in two thousand and eleven the stock market didn't care at all there was no penalty for the united states government in that downgrade so i think that is you know they're not unique but there are two things different about them one is that they're very visible in talking about deficits and the government but number two is that thanks to the eleven subcommittee as senator carl levin in congress there's a great deal of documentation of
what would you call a deficit hawks or austerity pushers or whatever no i don't think they're unique but they're the most visible they have what they call a sovereign unit that looks at the credit ratings of governments and the head of that unit has been acting like a stopper in for quite some time issuing dictates the u.s. government and other governments about how the people should manage their own budgets so i think they've been very visible in this regard i mean i think that but the other...
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that said, you know, one has to wonder about deficit and debt. how much the president is going to focus on that. to hear the house speaker say he doesn't think the president has the guts to do that, to challenge his own party on that, that was something. >> this is a very confident president. he is re-elect and feels the opponents are divided and the country is behind him. the question tonight is how much does he feel he has to compromise to get a deal? how much does he want a deal? how much does he think his legacy runs through a grand bargain with the republicans? i mean i would argue what he wants to make real investments in infrastructure and education and clean energy and manufacturing, which is he going to call for tonight, but if he wants to make them substantial he has to get the fiscal problem solved to free up revenue to do that and get some growth. we will find out a lot tonight. does he still want to demand concessions from the republicans? because he thinks he can do it again the way he did it in the debt ceiling deal? or does he thi
that said, you know, one has to wonder about deficit and debt. how much the president is going to focus on that. to hear the house speaker say he doesn't think the president has the guts to do that, to challenge his own party on that, that was something. >> this is a very confident president. he is re-elect and feels the opponents are divided and the country is behind him. the question tonight is how much does he feel he has to compromise to get a deal? how much does he want a deal? how...
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such cuts definitely earn dealing with the deficit over the long-term. for less than three weeks away from having these massive cuts. i am here to join others in urging president obama, congressional leaders come together to defeat america's future anti-sequestration. to gather, we before you are united to ensure america maintains its place and the innovation research. >> good morning, everyone. i am hunter rawlings representing the aau, which comprises 60 of the leading research universities in the u.s. as peter said, he and i are also representing the task force on american innovation and you have a letter in your press packet from the task force that i hope you will take a good look at. sequesters the most unpopular and had washington d.c. since the dallas cowboys. [laughter] it is mindless and will cause great harm to our country. the president hates it. speaker boehner he said. majority leader, harry reid, he'd say. and they created it. imagine how the rest of us feel about it. yet somehow our leaders can't seem to figure a way out of that. we all a
such cuts definitely earn dealing with the deficit over the long-term. for less than three weeks away from having these massive cuts. i am here to join others in urging president obama, congressional leaders come together to defeat america's future anti-sequestration. to gather, we before you are united to ensure america maintains its place and the innovation research. >> good morning, everyone. i am hunter rawlings representing the aau, which comprises 60 of the leading research...
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deficit reduction. what is the plan for-to-save social security and medicare for future generations. >> we can keep talking with the sxhour five hour and 15 minutes we have left on the program. thank you. >>> when does a shot that falls six feet short of the hoop count? may be the best shot we've every seen, that straight ahead. why not make the day unforgettable? with two times the points on travel, from taxis to trains. you'll be asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. new griddle-melts to yourime usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... made fresh and hot! hand crafted just for you. it's like a sexy sandwich. [ anouncer ] compare new griddle melts yourself. just $4.99. it's an epic breakfast sandwich. >>> welcome back, everybody. a high school basketball player could be changing the game when it comes to buzzer beaters, she sank what could be the best shot ever. jared greenberg joins us with today's bleacher report. >> take
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. >> we got that cbo report this past week, 7 trillion dollar in additional deficit and factor in what that 600 billion dollars in tax hikes that the democrats did already push through and how does that balance things? but the point about baltimore is interesting because that's where this nation could possibly be headed. you continue to raise taxes and you don't cut spending and you wind up on the brink of bankruptcy, exactly where that city is. >> you know, ben, you say we're all eventually going to have to pay higher taxes, but as the only item in your play book how to fix your economy it doesn't seem like it's ever going to work. >> i keep thinking if taxes are so terrible, why don't we just have no taxes at all. why don't we pay for-- >> 100% taxes. >> why don't we have no taxes at all and why don't you not interrupt me for once? >> i can't help it. >> why don't we have no taxes at all and why don't we have some some balance in the budget. and for gosh sakes, we're grownup disciplined people and we're supposed to balance the budget not supposed to be like small children. >> okay, c
. >> we got that cbo report this past week, 7 trillion dollar in additional deficit and factor in what that 600 billion dollars in tax hikes that the democrats did already push through and how does that balance things? but the point about baltimore is interesting because that's where this nation could possibly be headed. you continue to raise taxes and you don't cut spending and you wind up on the brink of bankruptcy, exactly where that city is. >> you know, ben, you say we're all...
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assorted measures only in greece are deficit problem while creating jobs will help bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on teaching net programs, increasing taxpayers in every debt to gdp ratio. job loss under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. as the american public that's what they mean by cats. we need to create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizes goals in the first to create one in 300,000 jobs. these ideas they offered a bill in 2011 and were ultimately included in the american jobs that come which never even got a vote in the house. modernizing schools and the probing of the structure from which the balancing act we do other jobs or communities need and those are the shops are economy needs. the legislation pays for investments by including smart military cut the number for the discussion, really no discussion we'll streamliner military to meet 21st century threats. raising revenue from those who can afford to pay more, making targeted military cut, not a little at first restorer the balance deficit r
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austerity measures that cost jobs that only increase our deficit problem will bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on safety net programs, taxpayers, improving debt to gdp ratio. job losses under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. ask the american public that is what they really mean by cuts. rain to stop those cuts and instead create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizing schools and efforts that would create more than 300,000 jobs. sent to . the balancing act include some of these ideas. ultimately included in the president's american jobs act, which never even got a vote in the house. teaching, modernizing schools and rebuilding our transportation and the structure while -- with the balancing act would do, those are the jobs that our communities need, and those are the jobs our economy needs to our legislation pays for those investments but including smart military cuts and the sequestration across-the-board cuts allowing for a little discretion. no discretion. our alternative would cut waste and to r
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and matt schaub eliminated the trade deficit -- could reduce the trade deficit by roughly 190 or $400 billion create between 2.2 m. 4.7 million jobs. doing that would increase manufacturing back to 11 million jobs. that's a big down payment, so i think one of the things we need to do is create demand. as we did in 1990s and didn't do in the last decade. just went to foreign sources. we need to shift the demand to domestically produced goods and the voters vote in the hiring of the mystic workers. manufacturing jobs are amongst the best, especially those without a college degree. high wages, good tendency, compared especially to other work in the economy. >> great, thanks. bruce, you work in washington d.c. at dupont. >> i mostly on a plane though. >> i'm just going to say -- in washington d.c., industrial policy is a dirty word, but if you go many other domestic way, while managing a city that practice is something that looks to me like industrial policy. they're picking and winners and losers in giving tax credits to specific companies and trying to build clusters. what's the best wa
and matt schaub eliminated the trade deficit -- could reduce the trade deficit by roughly 190 or $400 billion create between 2.2 m. 4.7 million jobs. doing that would increase manufacturing back to 11 million jobs. that's a big down payment, so i think one of the things we need to do is create demand. as we did in 1990s and didn't do in the last decade. just went to foreign sources. we need to shift the demand to domestically produced goods and the voters vote in the hiring of the mystic...
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if we are not out of the deficit that we lost. in terms of the system being skewed, if we are continually supporting a system where jobs go to the already employed and we are really not doing anything to foster the economic recovery that is going to benefit everyone in society, none of these laws and nothing that the national employment law project is advocating for says you have to fill open jobs with unemployed people. what we are saying is that qualified unemployed people should be allowed to compete on terms that are fair. that is good for all of us in an economic recovery. host: baltimore, md., just retired, go ahead. caller: i would like to say one thing before i say my question. i love c-span and i always want to make it through on a phone call and i am glad that i made it through. that being said, and by the way -- go ravens, we won the super bowl. my question is this. i live in baltimore city. the unemployment rate in baltimore city is unbelievable. the problem that you have is that not only are so many people unemployed,
if we are not out of the deficit that we lost. in terms of the system being skewed, if we are continually supporting a system where jobs go to the already employed and we are really not doing anything to foster the economic recovery that is going to benefit everyone in society, none of these laws and nothing that the national employment law project is advocating for says you have to fill open jobs with unemployed people. what we are saying is that qualified unemployed people should be allowed...
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current account deficits. it's come down along way and is no longer what i regard as on a sustainable course. so i feel that we have made, we have made progress in that regard. let me take a quick pass at a completely different question on negative home equity. i'm not going to get into the question of principal reduction, but we have the federal reserve, has been quite concerned about negative equity, about the lingering problem in the housing sector. and i think i'm as i mentioned in my prepared remarks, negative equity and diminished equity makes it harder for homeowners to gain access to credit come is one of the things that's really a head when to the economy and and is also probably continuing the impact of monitor policy. and we put forward a number of suggestions last year any white paper, and have worked with many groups and other parts of the government to try to think about what can be done. i think the changes that have been made to the h.a.r.p. program to make it easier for households to refinance
current account deficits. it's come down along way and is no longer what i regard as on a sustainable course. so i feel that we have made, we have made progress in that regard. let me take a quick pass at a completely different question on negative home equity. i'm not going to get into the question of principal reduction, but we have the federal reserve, has been quite concerned about negative equity, about the lingering problem in the housing sector. and i think i'm as i mentioned in my...
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that results in a lower deficit as you have reported to us. by 2015, the deficit is projected to be $430 billion, the lowest you project over 10 years. that's slightly below the highest deficit president bush ever had in his eight years. and you have gpped growth projected at 3.%, last year was 2.2. but after 2015, three years from now, the deficits start a rise again, increasing every single year almost 10% a year and would more than double over the following eight years to $978 billion, is that correct? >> yes, that's right. >> and you don't see unless something changes, any improvement in the outyears but your report would indicate that your report the upward trajectory -- and is that an unsustainable path? >> as others have said, debt cannot rise indefinitely as a share of g.d.p. and our projections show debt rising relative to g.d.p. in the back half of this coming decade. >> so i think -- and it increases the risk as bowles and simple son told us was inevitable if we don't change this unsustainable path, would you agree? >> in the longer
that results in a lower deficit as you have reported to us. by 2015, the deficit is projected to be $430 billion, the lowest you project over 10 years. that's slightly below the highest deficit president bush ever had in his eight years. and you have gpped growth projected at 3.%, last year was 2.2. but after 2015, three years from now, the deficits start a rise again, increasing every single year almost 10% a year and would more than double over the following eight years to $978 billion, is...
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. >> reporter: under the terms of earlier deficit deals, congress will find $85 million in reductions by march 1st. if not, they would shrink pentagon spending by 7.9% and domidwesting spending by 5.3% and medicare a 2% reduction. >> i believe they should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging affects of the sequester for a few more mots until congress finds a way. >> reporter: the president wants to raise more money by ending tax loopholes, but republicans want deeper entitlement cuts. >> if we're going to connect with the american people, it's important that they see not only that we're serious about solving our debt problems. >> a studdie by george mason university estimated 448,000 jobs could be affected in d.c., maryland, and virginia. for months, defense contractors have pleaded for action. >> we would hope that congress would meet their obligations to us and to the public. >> reporter: virginia congressman frank wolf wrote to the president and speaker arguing the bipartisan plan would avoid sequestration and stop its w
. >> reporter: under the terms of earlier deficit deals, congress will find $85 million in reductions by march 1st. if not, they would shrink pentagon spending by 7.9% and domidwesting spending by 5.3% and medicare a 2% reduction. >> i believe they should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging affects of the sequester for a few more mots until congress finds a way. >> reporter: the president wants to raise more money...
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we have not seen anything remotely close to the deficit to gdp ratio of 6% the last four years. and, by the way, even under the best assumptions of cbo, we are looking at another 2-3 years before we get below that 5.5% rate. i think we need to cut. the cuts need to be made. and they need to be prioritized. because those cuts across the board are going to affect some industries more than others. the defense industry is going to be impacted more than others. we have to make a decision how we want that to play out. we have -- do not have that discussion. just obviate the need with across-the-board cut. it is not good public policy. i think the cuts are necessary. i don't think the cuts are so large that if they were instituted, if the congress were to sit down and pick and parts as the approach. cut, that those would lead to an economic downturn. the forecast that cbo and others came out with when we were talking about the fiscal cliff, we would lose $500 billion or more in sequestration spending and increase taxes if you did nothing. and that of $500 billion or $550 billion total
we have not seen anything remotely close to the deficit to gdp ratio of 6% the last four years. and, by the way, even under the best assumptions of cbo, we are looking at another 2-3 years before we get below that 5.5% rate. i think we need to cut. the cuts need to be made. and they need to be prioritized. because those cuts across the board are going to affect some industries more than others. the defense industry is going to be impacted more than others. we have to make a decision how we want...
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what is an acceptable deficit in your view? >> it is one where you have, look, i look at it in a different way. i think you want to get us back to full employment, the restaurants fall, the shops full, the deficit will come down what we get to that sort of a situation. [talking over each other] >> i always say that blaming the deficit for our problems is like blaming the barometer because it records when someone has influenza. dagen: do you think that it has worked for us? you are happy with negative growth in the fourth quarter without no. absolutely not. they have been cutting and cutting and cutting. look at the uk, for example. we have had deficits that have actually been increasing. if you actually think that deficits are a problem, and i can understand the concern about debt out there, if you think it is a problem, did you have to have growth. dagen: some people think if you cut spending and more money will go to the private economy. i am saying that you can argue it both ways. >> when you have concrete examples in europe
what is an acceptable deficit in your view? >> it is one where you have, look, i look at it in a different way. i think you want to get us back to full employment, the restaurants fall, the shops full, the deficit will come down what we get to that sort of a situation. [talking over each other] >> i always say that blaming the deficit for our problems is like blaming the barometer because it records when someone has influenza. dagen: do you think that it has worked for us? you are...
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this was an enforcement mechanism for congress to come together to pass deficit reform, deficit reduction. these across-the-board cuts won't get us there because it will strangle our economy, slow growth and increase the deficit. and -- the choices that people are making here are across-the-board cut which could be 10,000 teachers or asking oil companies to pay their fair share. that's what -- >> the victims of the sequester, so funny to hear democrats cry about the see quest ter. democrats control the executive branch, they control the senate and they're in a position to negotiate with republicans who have put out two packages of alternative cuts. so -- >> take those -- >> well -- >> -- in the senate in response. that's not take it or leave it. that's like the process. they haven't been able to pass anything, the president hasn't proposed anything with three weeks left. we acted in may of last year. >> senator reid says he will pass a budget out of the senate this year. but i want to bring this back to jon karl because when you look at the sequester coming in on march 1st. it seems like
this was an enforcement mechanism for congress to come together to pass deficit reform, deficit reduction. these across-the-board cuts won't get us there because it will strangle our economy, slow growth and increase the deficit. and -- the choices that people are making here are across-the-board cut which could be 10,000 teachers or asking oil companies to pay their fair share. that's what -- >> the victims of the sequester, so funny to hear democrats cry about the see quest ter....
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dollars is going to every single year has nothing to do with our deficit or should be taught no no no no and in fact i thought you were spot on when you were saying earlier you know about the fact that the if that the effect that the defense spending has on the economy obviously you know we have to look at it obviously there are things that can be cut but the idea that we don't meet the capability to protect ourselves and to protect our friends is absurd and remember too and i know you want to make another point the most expensive thing is peace. who are irreplaceable you take a sergeant who's been in for fifteen twenty years or you take a navy seal or any of these people that we've trained and they're ready to go you can't replace them the way you can replace a tank and they're probably fifty sixty percent of our defense budget i would say that the best thing to do is not put them in a situation where we're going to have to replace them james. i think this is you know i wasn't expecting to agree with neal but i think you know we're good friends yeah you know we need to spend smarter
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that we need additional revenue, coupled with smart spending reductions in order to bring down our deficits. we can do it in a gradual way. when you look at these deductions that people are able to take advantage of, the average person can't take advantage of. the average person doesn't have access to cayman island accounts. so, we just want to make sure that the whole system is fair. >> all right, today is the day one in the new job for secretary of state john kerry, he got an early start over the weekend, he reached out to world leaders by phone, pledging to continue pushing for peace talks. >>> the senate armed services committee is expected to vote his nomination to senate. former white house press secretary robert gibbs was on meet the press, admitted that it wasn't hagel's finest hour. >> the disconcerting thing for anybody who watched it he seemed unimpressive and unprepared on the questions that quite frankly he knew was coming. i'm reminded three weeks into the first term of the president obama administration, treasury secretary timothy geithner gives a, the market dropped 382 poin
that we need additional revenue, coupled with smart spending reductions in order to bring down our deficits. we can do it in a gradual way. when you look at these deductions that people are able to take advantage of, the average person can't take advantage of. the average person doesn't have access to cayman island accounts. so, we just want to make sure that the whole system is fair. >> all right, today is the day one in the new job for secretary of state john kerry, he got an early...